Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10055
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Diagrams of the zodiacal light as seen in spring
Date
1848
Creator
Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819 - 1900, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 236mm
width (drawing): 189mm
width (drawing): 189mm
Subject
Description
Four diagrams of the appearance of the zodiacal light as it would appear when observed on 21 March at a latitude of 56 degrees south (figures 1 and 2) and at 56 degrees north (figures 3 and 4). The light is shown as lenticular in shape and each diagram is marked with lines of the equator, poles, horizon and ecliptic.
Illustration from the unpublished paper "Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light...”, by Charles Piazzi Smyth. The paper was written or completed on 25 March 1848 and received by the Royal Society on 13 April. It was eventually withdrawn on 2 November 1848.
Inscribed in ink: “Plate 1 p.5 Diagrams representing the Zodiacal Light as seen on March 21, a.m and p.m in lat. 56 S, and in lat 56 N.”
Illustration from the unpublished paper "Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light...”, by Charles Piazzi Smyth. The paper was written or completed on 25 March 1848 and received by the Royal Society on 13 April. It was eventually withdrawn on 2 November 1848.
Inscribed in ink: “Plate 1 p.5 Diagrams representing the Zodiacal Light as seen on March 21, a.m and p.m in lat. 56 S, and in lat 56 N.”